The Bridge Inc

Analysis

The Bridge Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gadsden, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, The Bridge Inc reported income of $7.6m and spending of $6.9m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $6.7m to $7.6m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bridge Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ronald McDonald House Oregon ($7.6m), Liberty Community Connections Inc ($7.6m) and Sesdac Inc ($7.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.7% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.4m. At year end it held assets of $8.7m against liabilities of $364k, net assets of $8.3m. It reported 199 employees.